[Rhodes22-list] cockpit sleeping

[John Lock]

At 07:06 PM 7/6/2008 -0700, John Shulick wrote:
>John my concern with your modification is can that teak strip hold up under
>the combined weight of you and whoever doing whatever under the stars and
>such. For myself and the wife this would require at least 1/4" bolts running
>every foot or so along the teak strip before I would trust it. Why mark up
>such a nice trim piece when you are using the inflatable mattress to make up
>any differences in heights? If you do manage to shift the plywood while
>under load then I salute you you salty old dog!!!

I've been thinking about that potential problem as well.  The load 
would be mostly a sheering force (downward, at right angles to the 
fasteners) and spread fairly evenly across about 15 linear feet of 
trim.  So the individual point loads would not be that great.  The 
existing fasteners will probably hold.  My bigger concern is if the 
plywood flexes too much.  It could be forced off the trim altogether, 
dumping you on the cockpit floor.  Fortunately I don't see more than 
300lbs sleeping on there, so it may not be a big issue.  But rigorous 
testing will have to be performed!

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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